c. 1686–c. 1755
Biography · Resistance
Robert Sobukwe
1924–1978
South Africa
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Biography
Sobukwe led the 1960 anti-pass-law campaign that triggered the Sharpeville massacre and spent years imprisoned under a law enacted specifically to hold him.
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